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Learning at Hood

Where you'll get a more well-rounded understanding of how the world works

Undergraduate Programs Graduate Programs

Connecting Real-World Experience

You'll be able to connect what you're learning in the classroom with your experiential opportunities.

4PLUS

Pursue combined or accelerated degree programs that let you work concurrently toward your bachelor’s and master’s degrees in four-plus years.

Exploring Frederick

Downtown Frederick is once again welcoming visitors. Increased safety precautions have been implemented to allow visitors to return to the region safely and provide the best experience at local shops, restaurants and attractions.

Discover Hood

Frederick Strong

Hood College is open for business, ready to provide you with an education that empowers you to use your hearts, minds and hands to meet global challenges.

Partnerships

Hood works cooperatively with many community partners to enhance the quality of life in the region.

Being a Part of our Community

College is about more than books. It’s about expanding our world view, and learning and living with others from different backgrounds, with various interests.

Fighting Racial Injustice Together Explore our clubs & organizations

Behind Every Mask is a Hello

The Hood Hello is more important than ever. You will find a friendly wave or a hello from everyone you encounter on campus, whether you know each other or not.

Heart, Mind & Hands of an Ally

Featured Stories

Are We Our Students?

A Perspective by Lisa Copenhaver, Ed.D.

This fall, Lisa Copenhaver completed all requirements for her Ed.D. in Educational Leadership and Management from Capella University. The title of her Capstone Project is “First-Year Student Support: Creating Student Success During the First Semester.”

Hood College Ceramic Arts Graduate Program Welcomes New Program Director

Ceramic Arts Program Director, Chaz Martinsen, MFA Faculty Graduate School Graduate Student

Chaz Martinsen, MFA, joins the Ceramic Arts program this fall as its new program director.

Academics

Students planting seeds at the Religious Coalition for Emergency Human Needs Garden

Frederick Food Security Network Receives Community Support

Donations from local organizations help the FFSN during the COVID19 pandemic.

With the recent generous support from organizations such as the Common Market, the Delaplaine Foundation and the Capital Group, the FFSN team will be able to continue working in our community.